Brothers, Daedalus & Elphinstone (8 Days / 7 Nights - 15 Dives)
Trip highlights: hammerhead sharks, shark action, manta rays, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, very popular, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Brothers Islands, Daedalus Reef, Elphinstone
Day 1
You will be met at Marsa Alam Airport by a representative of the Titan liveaboard and transferred in a minibus to Port Ghalib for boarding. The crew will welcome you on board, show you to your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help familiarize you with your new home for next few days. Dinner will be served in the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise. The boat will leave port early morning to begin diving.
Core Days
The Brother Islands are 2 small exposed promontories in the middle of the sea, with a very high concentration of marine life. The walls feature sponges, anemones and hard and soft corals, giving an astonishing variety of colour to the underwater world. It's very common to see sharks at the dive sites around the islands. Scalloped hammerheads and grey reef sharks, silvertip and whitetip reef sharks. At Big Brother there is a wreck that can be dived when the conditions are right, especially if it's not too windy. It's the Numidia that lies between 5-8m, completely covered with hard and soft corals. and gorgonians. The reefs at Daedalus and Elphinstone are home to schools of surgeonfish, fusiliers, trevallies and colourful reef fish. Hammerheads, oceanic whitetips and thresher sharks can be seen here, as well as manta rays, usually during the summer months.
3 dives a day are the norm in the marine parks of the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives, followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon to end each amazing day of underwater discovery. There will only 2 dives on the penultimate day as the boat will then sail back to port.
3 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon, and either a sunset dive or night dive to end each amazing day of underwater discovery. There will only 2 dives on the penultimate day as the boat will then sail back to port.
Main meals are served buffet style, mixing Western dishes and Egyptian flavours (falafel, Egyptian style rice, kofta, roasted veggies with cumin, etc.). Salads, a hot dish with meat or fish, and a dessert (fruit or traditional pastry) are served at lunch and dinner. Breakfast is continental with a wide array of choices such toast, eggs, crêpes, cheese, fruits. A snack is served after the third dive of the day. When a night dive is organized, dinner is served afterwards. Biscuits, bread sticks and candy bars are available all day. Cold soft drinks are always available in the fridges, hot drinks (coffee and a selection of teas or herbal teas) are at the guests' disposal in the saloon and/or at the upper deck bar. Beers, wine and rum are available onboard, but guests are also welcome to bring their own drinks (Egypt is not a dry republic!).
Day 8
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the boat. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.
Note: this cruise sometimes uses the ports of Hurghada or Safaga, so please check the port information for your trip for exact details.
Red Sea North, Wrecks & Safaga (8 Days / 7 Nights - 18 Dives)
Trip highlights: dolphins, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, drift diving, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving
Dive sites and activities: Hurghada: Police Station, Giftun Island; Shaab El Erg, Gubal Island, Rosalie Moller, Ulysses, Kingston, SS Thistlegorm, Dunraven, Ras Mohamed: Yolanda, Shark Reef; Abu Nuhas: Giannis D, Carnatic, Chrisoula K, Kimon M; Safaga: Middle Reef, Panorama Reef, Abu Kefan, Salem Express
Day 1
You will be met at Hurghada Airport by a representative of the Titan liveaboard and transferred in a minibus to the marina for boarding during the afternoon onwards. The crew will welcome you on board, show you to your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help familiarize you with your new home for next few days. Dinner will be served in the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise. The boat will leave port early morning to begin diving.
Core Days
You will dive at some very special and world famous reefs and wrecks. Ras Mohamed is one of the best kept national parks in Egypt. Its waters are rich in nutrients, attracting pelagics, and in the summer months even schools of scalloped hammerheads might visit. The Thistlegorm is one of the most fascinating wrecks in the Red Sea. It is a British ship that was hit by a German bomb during World War II. It lies at 32m, on a sandy sea bottom with its cargo ready for you to explore: trucks, motorcycles, jeeps, car tyres, military uniforms... The north side of Abu Nuhas features 4 wrecks on a sandy seafloor at the bottom of a steep sloping reef layered with table corals. Wrecks here include the Giannis D, the Carnatic, the Chrisoula K and the Kimon M. Each of them will be a great dive!
Safaga has some great diving too, offering a combination of shallow reef dives like Panorama Reef, and drop-offs, as well as unforgettable wreck diving on the Salem Express, a 100-metre ferry boat that hosts frogfish, blue-spotted stingrays, schools of angel and butterfly fish. The ship is now covered in hard and soft corals.
4 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon, and either a sunset dive or night dive to end each amazing day of underwater discovery. There will only 2 dives on the penultimate day as the boat will then sail back to port.
Main meals are served buffet style, mixing Western dishes and Egyptian flavours (falafel, Egyptian style rice, kofta, roasted veggies with cumin, etc.). Salads, a hot dish with meat or fish, and a dessert (fruit or traditional pastry) are served at lunch and dinner. Breakfast is continental with a wide array of choices such toast, eggs, crêpes, cheese, fruits. A snack is served after the third dive of the day. When a night dive is organized, dinner is served afterwards. Biscuits, bread sticks and candy bars are available all day. Cold soft drinks are always available in the fridges, hot drinks (coffee and a selection of teas or herbal teas) are at the guests' disposal in the saloon and/or at the upper deck bar. Beers, wine and rum are available onboard, but guests are also welcome to bring their own drinks (Egypt is not a dry republic!).
Day 8
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the boat. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.
St. John's Reefs (8 Days / 7 Nights - 17 Dives)
Trip highlights: dolphins, manta rays, dugongs/manatees, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, very popular, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Fury Shoals: Shaab Maksour, Shaab Claudio, Malahi, Sataya (Dolphin House); St John’s: Um Aruk, Habali Ali, Gota Soraya, Gota Kebir, Sheliniyat, Shaab Sharm, Gota Marsa Alam
Day 1
You will be met at Marsa Alam Airport by a representative of the Titan liveaboard and transferred in a minibus to Port Ghalib for boarding early afternoon. The crew will welcome you on board, show you to your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help familiarize you with your new home for next few days. Dinner will be served in the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise. The boat will leave port early morning to begin diving.
Core Days
In the deep south of Egypt you will have the chance to dive at St. John’s, the healthiest and most colourful reefs in the Red Sea, with their fantastic drop offs, pinnacles, canyons, caves and tunnels, and amazing hard-corals. There is a lot of marine life too, such as barracuda, different types of reef shark, sometimes even turtles, Napoleon wrasse, dolphins, dugongs and mantas.
The Fury Shoals is a vast reef system. Sha'ab Claudio is a classic dive with its famous swim-throughs and huge porites corals, Malahi with its mazes and friendly turtles, and Abu Galawa Soraya with its fantastic coral garden and a wreck of a private sailing boat smothered with glassfish. Sataya, with its resident spinner dolphin population, is a must for snorkelling between dives, as well as having some good underwater offerings.
4 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon, and either a sunset dive or night dive to end each amazing day of underwater discovery. There will only 2 dives on the penultimate day as the boat will then sail back to port.
Main meals are served buffet style, mixing Western dishes and Egyptian flavours (falafel, Egyptian style rice, kofta, roasted veggies with cumin, etc.). Salads, a hot dish with meat or fish, and a dessert (fruit or traditional pastry) are served at lunch and dinner. Breakfast is continental with a wide array of choices such toast, eggs, crêpes, cheese, fruits. A snack is served after the third dive of the day. When a night dive is organized, dinner is served afterwards. Biscuits, bread sticks and candy bars are available all day. Cold soft drinks are always available in the fridges, hot drinks (coffee and a selection of teas or herbal teas) are at the guests' disposal in the saloon and/or at the upper deck bar. Beers, wine and rum are available onboard, but guests are also welcome to bring their own drinks (Egypt is not a dry republic!).
Day 8
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the boat. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.
Daedalus, Fury Shoals & Elphinstone (8 Days / 7 Nights - 17 Dives)
Trip highlights: hammerhead sharks, shark action, dolphins, manta rays, dugongs/manatees, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, very popular, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Daedalus Reef, Elphinstone, Sheleneyat, Fury Shoals: Shaab Maksour, Shaab Claudio, Malahi, Sataya (Dolphin House)
Day 1
You will be met at Marsa Alam Airport by a representative of the Titan liveaboard and transferred in a minibus to Port Ghalib for boarding. The crew will welcome you on board, show you to your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help familiarize you with your new home for next few days. Dinner will be served in the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise. The boat will leave port early morning to begin diving.
Core Days
Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone are home to schools of surgeonfish, fusiliers, trevallies and colourful reef fish. Hammerheads, oceanic whitetips and thresher sharks can be seen here, as well as manta rays, usually during the summer months.
The Fury Shoals is a vast reef system. Sha'ab Claudio is a classic dive with its famous swim-throughs and huge porites corals, Malahi with its mazes and friendly turtles, and Abu Galawa Soraya with its fantastic coral garden and a wreck of a private sailing boat smothered with glassfish. Sataya, with its resident spinner dolphin population, is a must for snorkelling between dives, as well as having some good underwater offerings.
4 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea (but only 3 while in the marine parks), with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon, and either a sunset dive or night dive to end each amazing day of underwater discovery. There will only 2 dives on the penultimate day as the boat will then sail back to port.
Main meals are served buffet style, mixing Western dishes and Egyptian flavours (falafel, Egyptian style rice, kofta, roasted veggies with cumin, etc.). Salads, a hot dish with meat or fish, and a dessert (fruit or traditional pastry) are served at lunch and dinner. Breakfast is continental with a wide array of choices such toast, eggs, crêpes, cheese, fruits. A snack is served after the third dive of the day. When a night dive is organized, dinner is served afterwards. Biscuits, bread sticks and candy bars are available all day. Cold soft drinks are always available in the fridges, hot drinks (coffee and a selection of teas or herbal teas) are at the guests' disposal in the saloon and/or at the upper deck bar. Beers, wine and rum are available onboard, but guests are also welcome to bring their own drinks (Egypt is not a dry republic!).
Day 8
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the boat. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.
Red Sea North, Wrecks & Brothers (8 Days / 7 Nights - 17 Dives)
Trip highlights: hammerhead sharks, shark action, dolphins, manta rays, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving
Dive sites and activities: Shaab El Erg, Gubal Island, El Gouna, Rosalie Moller, Ulysses, Kingston, SS Thistlegorm, Dunraven, Ras Mohamed: Yolanda, Shark Reef; Abu Nuhas: Giannis D, Carnatic, Chrisoula K, Kimon M; Brother Islands, Safaga: Middle Reef, Panorama Reef, Abu Kefan, Salem Express
Day 1
You will be met at Hurghada Airport by a representative of the Titan liveaboard and transferred in a minibus to the marina for boarding. The crew will welcome you on board, show you to your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help familiarize you with your new home for next few days. Dinner will be served in the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise. The boat will leave port early morning to begin diving.
Core Days
This Red Sea itinerary includes several drift dives along the brightly coloured walls of the Brother Islands. These 2 undersea mounts are home to numerous sharks including scalloped hammerheads, oceanic whitetip sharks, grey reef sharks, silvertips and silkies. You can also spot schools of trevallies, snapper as well as tuna and manta rays.
You will dive at some very special and world famous reefs and wrecks. Ras Mohamed is one of the best kept national parks in Egypt. Its waters are rich in nutrients, attracting pelagics, and in the summer months even schools of scalloped hammerheads might visit. The Thistlegorm is one of the most fascinating wrecks in the Red Sea. It is a British ship that was hit by a German bomb during World War II. It lies at 32m, on a sandy sea bottom with its cargo ready for you to explore: trucks, motorcycles, jeeps, car tyres, military uniforms... The north side of Abu Nuhas features 4 wrecks on a sandy seafloor at the bottom of a steep sloping reef layered with table corals. Wrecks here include the Giannis D, the Carnatic, the Chrisoula K and the Kimon M. Each of them will be a great dive!
Safaga has some great diving too, offering a combination of shallow reef dives like Panorama Reef, and drop-offs, as well as unforgettable wreck diving on the Salem Express, a 100-metre ferry boat that hosts frogfish, blue-spotted stingrays, schools of angel and butterfly fish. The ship is now covered in hard and soft corals.
4 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon, and either a sunset dive or night dive to end each amazing day of underwater discovery. There will only 2 dives on the penultimate day as the boat will then sail back to port.
Main meals are served buffet style, mixing Western dishes and Egyptian flavours (falafel, Egyptian style rice, kofta, roasted veggies with cumin, etc.). Salads, a hot dish with meat or fish, and a dessert (fruit or traditional pastry) are served at lunch and dinner. Breakfast is continental with a wide array of choices such toast, eggs, crêpes, cheese, fruits. A snack is served after the third dive of the day. When a night dive is organized, dinner is served afterwards. Biscuits, bread sticks and candy bars are available all day. Cold soft drinks are always available in the fridges, hot drinks (coffee and a selection of teas or herbal teas) are at the guests' disposal in the saloon and/or at the upper deck bar. Beers, wine and rum are available onboard, but guests are also welcome to bring their own drinks (Egypt is not a dry republic!).
Day 8
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the boat. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.
Safaga & Salem Express (8 Days / 7 Nights - 17 Dives)
Trip highlights: dolphins, dugongs/manatees, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, drift diving, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving
Dive sites and activities: Safaga: Soma Bay, Sha'ab Sheer, Salem Express, Panorama Reef, Middle Reef, Tobia Arbaa, Gamul Soraya, Tobia Kebir
Day 1
You will be met at Hurghada Airport by a representative of the Jessica liveaboard and transferred in a minibus to the marina for boarding during the afternoon onwards. The crew will welcome you on board, show you to your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help familiarize you with your new home for next few days. Dinner will be served in the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise. The boat will leave port early morning to begin diving.
Core Days
This safari route is a great option to take diving courses, to experience early morning dives with no other boats around, and to enjoy the benefits of a liveaboard diving trip with very little navigation between the sites. Safaga has some great diving too. There are shallow reef dives like Panorama Reef, and drop-offs, as well as unforgettable wreck diving on the Salem Express, a 100-metre ferry boat that hosts frogfish, blue-spotted stingrays, schools of angel and butterfly fish. The ship is now covered in hard and soft corals. Your guide will give you a presentation of the flora and fauna of the Red Sea, an Egyptian party will be thrown during the week, as well as other non-diving activities.
4 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon, and either a sunset dive or night dive to end each amazing day of underwater discovery. There will only 2 dives on the penultimate day as the boat will then sail back to port.
Main meals are served buffet style, mixing Western dishes and Egyptian flavours (falafel, Egyptian style rice, kofta, roasted veggies with cumin, etc.). Salads, a hot dish with meat or fish, and a dessert (fruit or traditional pastry) are served at lunch and dinner. Breakfast is continental with a wide array of choices such toast, eggs, crêpes, cheese, fruits. A snack is served after the third dive of the day. When a night dive is organized, dinner is served afterwards. Biscuits, bread sticks and candy bars are available all day. Cold soft drinks are always available in the fridges, hot drinks (coffee and a selection of teas or herbal teas) are at the guests' disposal in the saloon and/or at the upper deck bar. Beers, wine and rum are available onboard, but guests are also welcome to bring their own drinks (Egypt is not a dry republic!).
Day 8
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the boat. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.
Red Sea North, Wrecks & Tiran Straits (8 Days / 7 Nights - 18 Dives)
Trip highlights: hammerhead sharks, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, drift diving, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving
Dive sites and activities: Hurghada: Police Station, Giftun Island; Shaab El Erg, Gubal Island, Rosalie Moller, Ulysses, Kingston, SS Thistlegorm, Dunraven, Ras Mohamed: Yolanda, Shark Reef; Abu Nuhas: Giannis D, Carnatic, Chrisoula K, Kimon M; Turtle Reef, Straits of Tiran: Gordon, Jackson reefs
Day 1
You will be met at Hurghada Airport by a representative of the Titan liveaboard and transferred in a minibus to the marina for boarding during the afternoon onwards. The crew will welcome you on board, show you to your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help familiarize you with your new home for next few days. Dinner will be served in the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise. The boat will leave port early morning to begin diving.
Core Days
You will dive at some very special and world famous reefs and wrecks. The Thistlegorm is one of the most fascinating wrecks in the Red Sea. It is a British ship that was hit by a German bomb during World War II. It lies at 32m, on a sandy sea bottom with its cargo ready for you to explore: trucks, motorcycles, jeeps, car tyres, military uniforms... The north side of Abu Nuhas features 4 wrecks on a sandy seafloor at the bottom of a steep sloping reef layered with table corals. Wrecks here include the Giannis D, the Carnatic, the Chrisoula K and the Kimon M. Each of them will be a great dive!
This itinerary includes Ras Mohamed National Park in Sinai, which is famed for its walls featuring bright gorgonians and soft corals. You can expect to encounter turtles, crocodilefish, scorpionfish, blue-spotted stingrays and lionfish plus schools of snapper, trevallies and tuna. The Straits of Tiran which comprises these 4 reefs: Jackson, Woodhouse, Gordon and Thomas), sites where pelagics gather to profit from the nutrient-rich current.
Main meals are served buffet style, mixing Western dishes and Egyptian flavours (falafel, Egyptian style rice, kofta, roasted veggies with cumin, etc.). Salads, a hot dish with meat or fish, and a dessert (fruit or traditional pastry) are served at lunch and dinner. Breakfast is continental with a wide array of choices such toast, eggs, crêpes, cheese, fruits. A snack is served after the third dive of the day. When a night dive is organized, dinner is served afterwards. Biscuits, bread sticks and candy bars are available all day. Cold soft drinks are always available in the fridges, hot drinks (coffee and a selection of teas or herbal teas) are at the guests' disposal in the saloon and/or at the upper deck bar. Beers, wine and rum are available onboard, but guests are also welcome to bring their own drinks (Egypt is not a dry republic!).
Day 8
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the boat. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.
Red Sea South, St. John's & Elba Reef (12 Days / 11 Nights - 29 Dives)
Trip highlights: dolphins, manta rays, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, very popular, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Elba Reef: Gota Kabrit, Di Levanzo wreck, Gota Kabrit, Habili Shalal, Ohrob Daedalus Reef, Rocky, Zabargad, Abu Fendira, Fury Shoals: Sataya (Dolphin House); St John’s, Elphinstone, Shaab Shouna
Day 1
You will be met at Marsa Alam Airport by a representative of the Titan liveaboard and transferred in a minibus to Port Ghalib for boarding early afternoon. The crew will welcome you on board, show you to your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help familiarize you with your new home for next few days. Dinner will be served in the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise. The boat will leave port early morning to begin diving.
Core Days
This itinerary has been specifically tailored for serious scuba divers who want to enjoy a cruise in the Red Sea with no traffic, providing an ideal underwater environment for all types of divers particularly for underwater videographers and photographers. Elba is a pristine and remote reef on the Sudanese border and during the trip you will also be diving the famous and untouched 113m long Italian Levanzo wreck, built in March 1901 and sunk on 14 March 1923, laying on one of the beautiful Elba reefs at 22-75m in depth.
Daedalus Reef is the best place in Egypt for bucket-list encounters with hammerhead sharks, oceanic whitetips and thresher sharks, as well as manta rays. One of the more current-swept regions of the Red Sea is Rocky Island. Here the nutrient-rich water movement gives rise to healthy gorgonian fans, black coral trees and sponges. Often found sheltering in quieter spots are turtles, grey reef sharks, silvertips, and perhaps also mantas and dolphins. Manta rays and dolphins are also common visitors. Zabargad island is a site populated by soldierfish, wrasses and schools of snappers. It features walls, drop-offs and shallow coral gardens.
In the deep south of Egypt you will have the chance to dive St. John’s Reefs, the healthiest and most colourful in the Red Sea, with their fantastic drop offs, pinnacles, canyons, caves and tunnels, and amazing hard-corals. There is a lot of marine life too, such as barracuda, different types of reef shark, sometimes even turtles, Napoleon wrasse, dolphins, dugongs and mantas. The Fury Shoals is a vast reef system with swim-throughs, huge porites corals, mazes, friendly turtles, and fantastic coral gardens. Sataya, with its resident spinner dolphin population, is a must for snorkelling between dives, as well as having some good underwater offerings.
3 dives a day are the norm in this region of the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon, and either a sunset dive to end each amazing day of underwater discovery. There will only 2 dives on the penultimate day as the boat will then sail back to port.
Main meals are served buffet style, mixing Western dishes and Egyptian flavours (falafel, Egyptian style rice, kofta, roasted veggies with cumin, etc.). Salads, a hot dish with meat or fish, and a dessert (fruit or traditional pastry) are served at lunch and dinner. Breakfast is continental with a wide array of choices such toast, eggs, crêpes, cheese, fruits. A snack is served after the third dive of the day. When a night dive is organized, dinner is served afterwards. Biscuits, bread sticks and candy bars are available all day. Cold soft drinks are always available in the fridges, hot drinks (coffee and a selection of teas or herbal teas) are at the guests' disposal in the saloon and/or at the upper deck bar. Beers, wine and rum are available onboard, but guests are also welcome to bring their own drinks (Egypt is not a dry republic!).
Day 12
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the boat. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.
Daedalus, Rocky, Zabargad & St. John's (8 Days / 7 Nights - 17 Dives)
Trip highlights: hammerhead sharks, shark action, dolphins, manta rays, dugongs/manatees, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, very popular, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Daedalus Reef, Rocky, Zabargad, Fury Shoals: Shaab Maksour, Shaab Claudio, Malahi, Sataya (Dolphin House); St John’s: Um Aruk, Habali Ali, Gota Soraya, Gota Kebir, Sheliniyat, Shaab Sharm, Gota Marsa Alam
Day 1
You will be met at Marsa Alam Airport by a representative of the Titan liveaboard and transferred in a minibus to Port Ghalib for boarding early afternoon. The crew will welcome you on board, show you to your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help familiarize you with your new home for next few days. Dinner will be served in the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise. The boat will leave port early morning to begin diving.
Core Days
Daedalus Reef is home to schools of surgeonfish, fusiliers, trevallies and colourful reef fish. Hammerheads, oceanic whitetips and thresher sharks can be seen here, as well as manta rays, usually during the summer months. One of the more current-swept regions of the Red Sea is Rocky Island. Here the nutrient-rich water movement gives rise to healthy gorgonian fans, black coral trees and sponges. Often found sheltering in quieter spots are turtles, grey reef sharks, and silvertips. Manta rays and dolphins are also common visitors. Zabargad is an island populated by soldierfish, wrasses and schools of snappers. It features walls, drop-offs and shallow coral gardens.
In the deep south of Egypt you will have the chance to dive at St. John’s, the healthiest and most colourful reefs in the Red Sea, with their fantastic drop offs, pinnacles, canyons, caves and tunnels, and amazing hard-corals. There is a lot of marine life too, such as barracuda, different types of reef shark, sometimes even turtles, Napoleon wrasse, dolphins, dugongs and mantas.
The Fury Shoals is a vast reef system. Sha'ab Claudio is a classic dive with its famous swim-throughs and huge porites corals, Malahi with its mazes and friendly turtles, and Abu Galawa Soraya with its fantastic coral garden and a wreck of a private sailing boat smothered with glassfish. Sataya, with its resident spinner dolphin population, is a must for snorkelling between dives, as well as having some good underwater offerings.
4 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon, and either a sunset dive or night dive to end each amazing day of underwater discovery. There will only 2 dives on the penultimate day as the boat will then sail back to port.
Main meals are served buffet style, mixing Western dishes and Egyptian flavours (falafel, Egyptian style rice, kofta, roasted veggies with cumin, etc.). Salads, a hot dish with meat or fish, and a dessert (fruit or traditional pastry) are served at lunch and dinner. Breakfast is continental with a wide array of choices such toast, eggs, crêpes, cheese, fruits. A snack is served after the third dive of the day. When a night dive is organized, dinner is served afterwards. Biscuits, bread sticks and candy bars are available all day. Cold soft drinks are always available in the fridges, hot drinks (coffee and a selection of teas or herbal teas) are at the guests' disposal in the saloon and/or at the upper deck bar. Beers, wine and rum are available onboard, but guests are also welcome to bring their own drinks (Egypt is not a dry republic!).
Day 8
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the boat. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.
Red Sea South, St. John's & Elba Reef (11 Days / 10 Nights - 26 Dives)
Trip highlights: dolphins, manta rays, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, very popular, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Elba Reef: Gota Kabrit, Di Levanzo wreck, Gota Kabrit, Habili Shalal, Ohrob; Daedalus Reef, Rocky, Zabargad, Abu Fendira, Fury Shoals: Sataya (Dolphin House); St John’s, Elphinstone, Shaab Shouna
Day 1
You will be met at Marsa Alam Airport by a representative of the Titan liveaboard and transferred in a minibus to Port Ghalib for boarding early afternoon. The crew will welcome you on board, show you to your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help familiarize you with your new home for next few days. Dinner will be served in the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise. The boat will leave port early morning to begin diving.
Core Days
This itinerary has been specifically tailored for serious scuba divers who want to enjoy a cruise in the Red Sea with no traffic, providing an ideal underwater environment for all types of divers particularly for underwater videographers and photographers. Elba is a pristine and remote reef on the Sudanese border and during the trip you will also be diving the famous and untouched 113m long Italian Levanzo wreck, built in March 1901 and sunk on 14 March 1923, laying on one of the beautiful Elba reefs at 22-75m in depth.
Daedalus Reef is the best place in Egypt for bucket-list encounters with hammerhead sharks, oceanic whitetips and thresher sharks, as well as manta rays. One of the more current-swept regions of the Red Sea is Rocky Island. Here the nutrient-rich water movement gives rise to healthy gorgonian fans, black coral trees and sponges. Often found sheltering in quieter spots are turtles, grey reef sharks, silvertips, and perhaps also mantas and dolphins. Manta rays and dolphins are also common visitors. Zabargad island is a site populated by soldierfish, wrasses and schools of snappers. It features walls, drop-offs and shallow coral gardens.
In the deep south of Egypt you will have the chance to dive St. John’s Reefs, the healthiest and most colourful in the Red Sea, with their fantastic drop offs, pinnacles, canyons, caves and tunnels, and amazing hard-corals. There is a lot of marine life too, such as barracuda, different types of reef shark, sometimes even turtles, Napoleon wrasse, dolphins, dugongs and mantas. The Fury Shoals is a vast reef system with swim-throughs, huge porites corals, mazes, friendly turtles, and fantastic coral gardens. Sataya, with its resident spinner dolphin population, is a must for snorkelling between dives, as well as having some good underwater offerings.
3 dives a day are the norm in this region of the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon, and either a sunset dive to end each amazing day of underwater discovery. There will only 2 dives on the penultimate day as the boat will then sail back to port.
Main meals are served buffet style, mixing Western dishes and Egyptian flavours (falafel, Egyptian style rice, kofta, roasted veggies with cumin, etc.). Salads, a hot dish with meat or fish, and a dessert (fruit or traditional pastry) are served at lunch and dinner. Breakfast is continental with a wide array of choices such toast, eggs, crêpes, cheese, fruits. A snack is served after the third dive of the day. When a night dive is organized, dinner is served afterwards. Biscuits, bread sticks and candy bars are available all day. Cold soft drinks are always available in the fridges, hot drinks (coffee and a selection of teas or herbal teas) are at the guests' disposal in the saloon and/or at the upper deck bar. Beers, wine and rum are available onboard, but guests are also welcome to bring their own drinks (Egypt is not a dry republic!).
Day 11
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the boat. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.
Red Sea North, Tiran Straits & Dahab (8 Days / 7 Nights - 18 Dives)
Trip highlights: turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, drift diving, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving
Dive sites and activities: Hurghada: Police Station, Giftun Island, El Gouna; Straits of Tiran: Thomas, Gordon, Jackson reefs; Ras Abu Galum, Dahab: Blue Hole, The Canyon; The Island; Nabq: Gabr El Bent, Abu Syela, Gabr El Bent Al Shogayrat, Shaab El Erg, Gubal Island, maybe Safaga
Day 1
You will be met at Hurghada Airport by a representative of the Titan liveaboard and transferred in a minibus to the marina for boarding during the afternoon onwards. The crew will welcome you on board, show you to your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help familiarize you with your new home for next few days. Dinner will be served in the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise. The boat will leave port early morning to begin diving.
Core Days
The Straits of Tiran is one of the most famous diving areas in the Red Sea. The strong current brings plenty of nutrients and schooling fish to the reef, tempting pelagic fish in from the open water. Large schools of barracuda and jacks are common here, as are larger predators including several species of shark. You will also dive the world renowned Blue Hole of Dahab.
Main meals are served buffet style, mixing Western dishes and Egyptian flavours (falafel, Egyptian style rice, kofta, roasted veggies with cumin, etc.). Salads, a hot dish with meat or fish, and a dessert (fruit or traditional pastry) are served at lunch and dinner. Breakfast is continental with a wide array of choices such toast, eggs, crêpes, cheese, fruits. A snack is served after the third dive of the day. When a night dive is organized, dinner is served afterwards. Biscuits, bread sticks and candy bars are available all day. Cold soft drinks are always available in the fridges, hot drinks (coffee and a selection of teas or herbal teas) are at the guests' disposal in the saloon and/or at the upper deck bar. Beers, wine and rum are available onboard, but guests are also welcome to bring their own drinks (Egypt is not a dry republic!).
Day 8
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the boat. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.
Note: this itinerary uses Hurghada and Safaga as ports, so please check port details for your trip date.
St. John's & Elba Reef (11 Days / 10 Nights - 24 Dives)
Trip highlights: dolphins, manta rays, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, very popular, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Elba Reef: Shaab Kabrit, Di Levanzo wreck, Gota Kabrit, Habili Shalal, Ohrob; Fury Shoals: Shaab Maksur, Sataya (Dolphin House), Shaab Claudio, Abu Galawa: Tienstin wreck; St John’s
Day 1
Your Red Sea South dive exploration begins as you board the Titan liveaboard in Port Ghalib. After being warmly welcomed by the crew and shown to your cabin, you'll have time to unpack and familiarise yourself with the vessel. A boat briefing will follow, ensuring you feel at home and safe for the journey ahead. Enjoy a dinner in the saloon as you anticipate the underwater adventures to come. You will depart port early the next morning to begin the diving safari.
Core Days
With Titan, you'll explore the spectacular and less-visited dive sites of the Elba reef system. You will experience renowned locations like the stunning coral walls of Gota Kabrit, the vibrant marine life at Shaab Kabrit, and the exciting pinnacle of Habili Shalal. The liveaboard tour may also include the historic Di Levanzo wreck and the untouched reefs of Ohrob. This is a true explorer's paradise, where you can venture into uncharted areas and contribute to mapping future dive routes.
Titan then cruises towards the famed St. John's Reefs. This labyrinth of coral offers some of the Red Sea's most breathtaking seascapes. With transit times between dives as short as 15-30 minutes, you'll have ample time to relax and reflect on your discoveries. Evenings are spent in the tranquil lee of a massive reef, providing a peaceful end to each day.
The liveaboard also visits the world-famous Fury Shoals, a diverse area packed with underwater marvels. Prepare for dramatic encounters at Shaab Maksur, with its sheer drop-offs and thriving coral gardens. Photographers will be captivated by the swim-throughs and light-play in the caves of Shaab Claudio. History beckons at Abu Galawa with the Tienstin wreck, a 1943 vessel now beautifully adorned with soft corals. The undisputed highlight is Sataya (Dolphin House), where you may have the chance to dive with a pod of wild spinner dolphins in their natural habitat.
3 dives per day are the norm in this region of the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon. There will only 2 dives on the penultimate day as the Titan will then sail back to Port Ghalib.
Day 11
After breakfast, you says your farewells and disembark from the liveaboard. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.
Red Sea of Egypt (15 Days / 14 Nights - 36 Dives)
Trip highlights: hammerhead sharks, shark action, dolphins, manta rays, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving
Dive sites and activities: Hurghada, Straits of Tiran: Gordon, Thomas, Jackson reefs; Dahab: Blue Hole, Canyon; Nabq, Ras Mohamed, Thistlegorm wreck, Gubal, Abu Nuhas wreck, Safaga: Panorama Reef, Abu Kafan; Brother Islands, Daedalus Reef, Rocky, Zabargad, St John’s, Fury Shoals: Sataya (Dolphin House); Wadi Gemal, Elphinstone
Day 1
This Best of Egypt liveaboard adventure begins as you step aboard the Titan in Safaga. After a warm welcome from the crew, you'll be shown to your cabin to settle in. A boat briefing will familiarise you with the vessel's facilities and safety procedures. Enjoy your first dinner on board, mingling with fellow divers as you look forward to the epic tour ahead. Titan will remain in port overnight, setting sail early tomorrow morning.
Core Days
The Titan will begin in the Sinai to explore the legendary currents and reefs of the Straits of Tiran. You'll dive at Thomas Reef, renowned for its exciting canyon, Jackson Reef, the northernmost tip of the strait, where you might be fortunate enough to spot sharks patrolling the blue, and Gordon Reef, where a beautiful coral garden provides a calming end to a day of exhilarating diving. In Dahab, you will dive the world-famous Blue Hole and the stunning Canyon, known for its spectacular drop-offs and abundant marine life. In the afternoon, you can explore the protected waters of the Nabq region, with its sprawling coral gardens, unique mangrove ecosystems, and frequent sightings of turtles and rays.
The liveaboard dedicates a day to two of the Red Sea's most iconic sites, beginning at the national park of Ras Mohamed, where walls, vibrant coral formations, and a dizzying array of marine life create an unforgettable spectacle. Later, the Titan visits the SS Thistlegorm wreck. This legendary WWII shipwreck, laden with trucks, motorcycles, and wartime supplies, offers a profound and awe-inspiring dive. The shipwreck graveyard of Abu Nuhas is a reef notorious for claiming numerous vessels. You'll explore one or more of these historic wrecks, which are now magnificent artificial reefs. Then the Titan liveaboard heads on to the deep waters of Safaga to explore its renowned dive sites. Here, locations like Panorama Reef and Abu Kafan are known for their breathtaking drop-offs, vibrant soft corals, and excellent chances of encountering pelagic species, making for a thrilling day of diving.
After Safaga, it's time to head offshore to the remote and legendary Brother Islands. At Big Brother, dive along dramatic vertical walls and explore the wreck of the Aida, often accompanied by sharks, such as threshers and oceanic whitetips. Little Brother offers stunning pinnacles adorned with soft corals and dense schools of fish. A third dive will cap off an unforgettable day at this oceanic pinnacle. Spend a day at the isolated Daedalus Reef, a seamount famous for its encounters with majestic pelagics. You will conduct 3 dives along its walls, which are a known gathering point for hammerhead sharks and manta rays. Depending on conditions, your guide may arrange a visit to the iconic lighthouse.
The Titan will visit more of the southern marine parks of Egypt, such as Rocky and Zabargad islands, offering pristine reefs, thrilling drift dives, and the chance to see larger marine life. The short transits between sites allow for a relaxed pace. The liveaboard explores the intricate coral labyrinths of the St. John's reef system. You'll experience a stunning array of hard and soft corals, sheltered lagoons, and exciting channels.
Beginning the final journey north, Titan stops at Sataya (Dolphin House) in the Fury Shoals for a chance to snorkel or dive with a pod of wild spinner dolphins. It continues to the Wadi Gemal area, where we will conduct a magical twilight or night dive at the Sheleneyat site. The diving culminates at the legendary Elphinstone Reef. Renowned for its pristine walls, potential shark sightings (including oceanic whitetips and hammerheads), and stunning coral coverage, this offshore plateau offers 2 unforgettable morning dives. Titan then sails to Port Ghalib marina, arriving in the early afternoon.
Day 15
After a final breakfast on board, it's time to bid farewell to the Titan crew and your fellow divers. Transfers to Marsa Alam Airport or a local hotel can be arranged, concluding this comprehensive Best of Egypt liveaboard expedition.
Note: this itinerary sometimes operates in reverse and uses different ports. Confirm ports details for your specific trip dates.
[Information is best estimate in ideal circumstances and subject to changes beyond our control. The itinerary is a guide only and may be adapted to best suit the weather, tides, currents, availability and other prevailing events. Price is for the cruise, not for an exact number of dives].
